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B-29 Strategic Operations against Japan Part 2: Island Operations
Originally struggling to achieve success in the China Burma India Theater, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress made its mark once ...
In August of 1945, B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending WWII in the Pacific theatre.
Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...
Of the nearly 4,000 B-29 bombers produced, just two are still in the air. Aviation photojournalist Mike Killian flew on FiFi, ...
When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...
August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks ...
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The B-29’s Deadliest Enemy Wasn’t Japan
The B-29 Superfortress was designed to bomb Japan from 30,000 feet, but the biggest killer wasn’t enemy fighters or flak—it was the plane itself. Crews depressurized in combat to avoid catastrophic ...
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